db2pdf: cannot generate system identifier for public text...

db2pdf: cannot generate system identifier for public text...

[Chris Turchin]

Hi all,

I have docbook tools installed and working on my system here at work and
tried to complete the same installation on another system (both debian
systems) and somehow something has gone awry. 

When I try the command:

[user@host] db2pdf sgmlTest.sgm

I get the error:

jade:sgmlTest.sgm:1:59:W: cannot generate system identifier for public
text "-//Davenport//DTD DocBook V3.0//EN" 

and then a lot of errors since none of the entities are defined...

I think I have the identical packages (save the version number on
docbook: 3.1-2 vs 3.1-5) installed on both boxes. Is there something
missing in my path somewhere that is causing this? I am thinking this
should be an easy fix, as I got it running on my other system without any
tweaking whatsoever, but it has certainly got me stumped.

Any help/clues would be most appreciated. Thank you very much.

Regards,
--chris




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db2pdf: cannot generate system identifier for public text...

[Chris Turchin]

Hi all,

I have docbook tools installed and working on my system here at work and
tried to complete the same installation on another system (both debian
systems) and somehow something has gone awry. 

When I try the command:

[user@host] db2pdf sgmlTest.sgm

I get the error:

jade:sgmlTest.sgm:1:59:W: cannot generate system identifier for public
text "-//Davenport//DTD DocBook V3.0//EN" 

and then a lot of errors since none of the entities are defined...

I think I have the identical packages (save the version number on
docbook: 3.1-2 vs 3.1-5) installed on both boxes. Is there something
missing in my path somewhere that is causing this? I am thinking this
should be an easy fix, as I got it running on my other system without any
tweaking whatsoever, but it has certainly got me stumped.

Any help/clues would be most appreciated. Thank you very much.

Regards,
--chris




-- 
Christopher P. Turchin
Neuberger & Hughes, Holding AG
Im Bruckenwasen 1
D-73207 Plochingen
Germany

FON 	+49 7153 6120 13
FAX 	+49 7153 6120 33 
email   ct@sliceware.com
web   	http://www.sliceware.com

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Re: db2pdf: cannot generate system identifier for public text...

[Norman Walsh]

/ Chris Turchin <ct@sliceware.com> was heard to say:
| jade:sgmlTest.sgm:1:59:W: cannot generate system identifier for public
| text "-//Davenport//DTD DocBook V3.0//EN" 
| 
| and then a lot of errors since none of the entities are defined...

You need to update your catalog(s) so that one of them contains

  PUBLIC "-//Davenport//DTD DocBook V3.0//EN" "/path/to/docbook.dtd"

And/or update to a newer version of DocBook...

                                        Be seeing you,
                                          norm

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                              | knows.--Robert Frost

Re: db2pdf: cannot generate system identifier for public text...

[Peter Toft]

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Friends - One of the oldies but goodies :-)

I still struggle with the problem that doing
a PS og PDF output from my SGML DocBook source could
create lines, which a going longer than the right side
margin of the paper, e.g.

<para>
this line could if but then on the other hand you well
should look at <ulink url=" http://cvs.sslug.dk/linuxbog/httpsplit.pl ">this URL</ulink>
</para>

Depending on the about of "bla bla bla" in from of the
<ulink> the ulink-tag produces code, which lead to my
problem.

We have tried to cure the problem by invoking
http://cvs.sslug.dk/linuxbog/httpsplit.pl - the odd
usage of ComMand in there makes it simple to trace
where we have changes. The idea in the small Perl
program is really to replace

http://cvs.sslug.dk/linuxbog/httpsplit.pl
with
http://cvs.sslug.dk /linuxbog /httpsplit.pl

This is a good way - all the line breaks disappear :-)

BUT it could be even better if we - in some way - could
avoid the additional spaces and get a VERY small
space-like character where the line can be broken
without the output of the ordinary space.

Well - as I told you - it is my old irritating problem,
so if you have a better solution that our httpsplit.pl
please come forward.

Best regards to you all

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